Friday, March 23, 2012

Usual suspects insist on their right to discriminate

Delegates from Muslim and African countries part of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation walked out of the UN Human Rights Council’s historic hearing on LGBT equality earlier this month. Many of these same countries have used their influence to send their own sexist policies on the football pitch by pushing for rule changes to allow the discriminatory hijab to be worn as part of football kit. Discrimination against women and LGBT people is unacceptable, wherever it takes place.